Leviticus 7:31
The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
In Context
32And you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.
Cross References
Leviticus 3:11Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
Leviticus 5:13In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.”
Leviticus 6:26The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
Leviticus 8:29He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 7:12-35
Law of the Peace-Offering. ( b. c. 1490.) 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord . 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. 14 And of it he shall offer one… Read the whole commentary →